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Synthesis and production of poly(3-hydroxyvaleric acid) homopolyester by Chromobacterium violaceum

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Chromobacterium violaceum DSM 30191 accumulated a homopolyester of 3-hydroxyvaleric acid (3HV) up to 65% of the cellular dry matter during cultivation in fed-batch cultures with valeric acid as sole carbon source and during cell starvation of the nitrogen source. From fructose, gluconate, propionate or hexanoate a homopolyester of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) was accumulated. Poly(3HV) homopolyster was also accumulated by two different strains of C. violaceum, whereas two other strains of C. violaceum and three strains of Janthinobacterium lividum accumulated poly(3HB-co-3HV) copolyesters from valerate. The composition of the biosynthetic poly(3HV) was confirmed by various nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic methods. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis of four poly(3HV) samples that were isolated from different batches of cells revealed glass transition temperatures between −10 and −12°C and melting points between 107 and 112°C. Viscosity measurements gave intrinsic viscosities between 62.5 and 124.8 × 10−2 dl/g for these samples, indicating approximate relative molecular masses between 60 000 and 145 000 of the biosynthetic poly(3HV).

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  1. Institut für Mikrobiologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstrasse 8, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany

    Alexander Steinbüchel & Arnulf Timm

  2. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 3420 University Street, H3A 2A7, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    El-Mehdi Debzi & Robert H. Marchessault

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Steinbüchel, A., Debzi, EM., Marchessault, R.H. et al. Synthesis and production of poly(3-hydroxyvaleric acid) homopolyester by Chromobacterium violaceum . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 39, 443–449 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205030

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